TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1942
BATTALION AMUSEMENTS
Page 3
Radet Kapers Continues
It’s Merry Way Unhindered
By D. C. Thurman
- Kadet Kapers, picked as a name
for the new Aggie entertainment
series, has brought out increas
ing numbers every Saturday night
to the Assembly Hall where Rich
ard W. Jenkins (alias Lonesome
Polecat) has directed an hour of
fun open to all.
Started with the Singing Cadets
as the feature of the evening on
January 17 this year the Kapers
have since become a Saturday
night institution. Such talent as
T. S. C. W. Serenaders, Mysterious
Howard, Pat Patterson, The Mud-
cat Swingsters, and June Jones,
songstress has passed across the
Kadet Kapers stage. Contests and
feats of skill bring numerous mem
bers of the audience before the
footlights when the call for vol
unteers is sounded.
Laughter, Fun, Boos
Probably the most booed fea
ture to appear on the Kapers pro
gram has been Elmer—famous
bard who has given such stellar
poems as “Casey at the Bat” and
“The Shaeggy Dog.” Laughter and
fun are the theme songs of the
program and fun and entertain
ment for all is the objective of the
enjoyment-aimed festivities.
Only stationary and traditional
part of the program is the regular
first 15 minutes of sing-song
which opens the fun every Satur
day night. With. Freddie Nelson
at the piano and Jenkins at the
mike the old Assembly Hall roof
rocks while Navasota chickens
complain from loss of sleep, in
terrupted by the deep bass of Ag
gie voices.
All other parts of the program
are varied from week to week of
fering approximately 45 minute
stage shows of miscellaneous and
different origins.
New Tradition
The Kapers have become a week
end institution to tradition-mind
ed campus bound Aggies who find
ing it increasingly difficult to take
week-end trips are seeking fun
in their own back yard. Girls
brought down as dates for the
weekly corps dances have also
been among those enjoying the
Kadet Kapers entertainment.
Winding up the last month of
the series Jenkins has planned to
present four super shows. First
of these will be Cal Farley and
his gang from Amarillo, includ
ing a trio of young ladies, who
will sing and dance, and Cecil
Hunter, a former cadet at Okla
homa A. & M. whose feats on the
gridiron in 1931 won him All-
American laurels. Hunter is now a
successful business man in his
home town of Kickapoo, Oklahoma.
Coast Ball Tribute
Second program will be a tribute
to the Coast Artillery and their
McCartney pharmacy
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Richard Jenkins
woes on the week-end of their or
ganization ball. June Jones will be
invited to return to the Kapers
stage on that night.
The following week Walter R.
Jenkins of Houston, long a favor
ite of Aggies who know him will
have complete charge of the hours
fun. He will bring with him the
Houstonians, an outstanding male
quartet.
WHAT’S SHOWING
AT THE CAMPUS
Tuesday, Wednesday—“No
Hands on the Clock”, featur
ing Chester Morris and Jean
Parker. Also “Melody Lane,”
with the Merry Macs and
Leon Errol.
AT GUION HALL
Tuesday, Wednesday—
“Strike Up The Band,” with
Mickey Rooney and Judy
Garland.
Covering Campus Distractions
Garland, Rooney Strike Up Band;
Foolzapoppin’ Promises Surprises
Mickey Rooney and Judy Gar--
land make an excellent team on
the stage, but that seems to be
the only place that they can get
along at all. When the pair starts
to make a motion picture, they
really do a wonderful job.
“STRIKE UP THE BAND” is no
exception, either. It’s at Guion
Hall today and tomorrow.
The renowned Mickey has come
up in the motion picture world
right from the bottom by sheer
perseverance and hard work. His
popularity is due to the fact that
he does exactly the same things as
the American public. He exempli
fies the typical American school
boy. In “Strike Up The Band”
Rooney runs riot on all occasions,
and plays the drums to his heart’s
content.
The story itself concerns a con
test held by musician Paul White-
man to find the best school dance
orchestra in the nation. Naturally,
Mickey wins, with Judy as his so
loist, but it’s the way in which the
story is told that makes it so cap
tivating. And the great Paul
Whiteman adds to the picture’s
appeal in no small amount.
Since tomorrow is the first day
of the month of April, the Campus
theater feels that it should do its
part to aid in the spirit of the day.
Through a little concentrated
thinking, the manager has ar
ranged one of the craziest motion
pictures ever seen. The feature to
be shown at 11:30 tonight is
“HELLZAPOPPIN” which is a bit
on the zaney side itself. And in
addition, there are dozens of other
surprises in store for those in
attendance. It will really be a
scream from the time the lights
are turned out until the show is
over.
Olsen and Johnson made stage
history when their play “Hellza-
poppin” ran on
Broadway longer
than any other
previous one.
Then they went
to Hollywood to
make a motion
picture of it.
There is not a
jreat deal of
Mickey Roone 5 tory connected
with the film, but the ideas they
have assembled are great. The way
that Hugh Herbert changes
clothes is simply amazing.
Murder and romance get mixed
together in “NO HANDS ON THE
CLOCK” at the Campus today and
tomorrow. Chester Morris, the de
tective, marries Jean Parker, and
as they leave for their honeymoon,
they get orders to find a missing
man. Things roll along until a
couple of murders have been com
mitted and everybody is becoming
rather upset. At the last moment,
Morris solves the mysteries and
everyone is happy. It belongs in
the average class.
Comedy and music are the good
points of “MELODY LANE” at
the Campus today and tomorrow. is handled by Leon Errol, in his
as the other half of the double own manner with Baby Sandy
feature attraction. Most of the helping out some,
musical moments are supplied by The story is unoriginal, and the
the Merry Macs. The comedy angle whole thing is just a trifle weak.
VICTOR AND
BLUEBIRD RECORDS
1. “I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE”—
Dinah Shore and Freddy Martin
2. “LONG MAY WE LOVE”—Shep Fields.
3. “DO YOU MISS YOUR SWEETHEART ?”—Hal McIntyre
4. “I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED”—Art Kassel.
5. “TAKE IT AND GIT!”—The Four Clefs.
HASWELL’S
MOVIE
GUION HALL
Mickey Rooney — Judy Garland
Mischa Auer is giving Olsen and Johnson the bird, literally, in a
scene from “Hellzapoppin’ ” at the Campus as 4 midnight April
Fool feature tonight at 11:30.
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Chess Club Open
To Anyone Caring
To Learn the Game
During the latter portion of the
1940-41 session, a new club was
added to A. & M.’s extra-curricu
lar activities—the chess club. This
club, designed by Dr. E. P. Hum
bert of the Genetics Department,
was organized to promote at A. &
M. one of the oldest games known
to man.
The first meeting produced a
turnout which showed that chess
was not just a game for quiet old
men with white beards. As a result
of this interest, the Y.M.C.A. made
possible a chess club room located
in the basement of the old “Y”
which contained several sets of
chessmen and a long table with
many chess boards painted on its
surface.
Later in the year, the club
brought J. C. Thompson, of Dal
las, to A. & M. to give a chess
exhibition. Thompson was then
the champion of the state of Tex
as and is now the president of the
Texas State Federation. He gave
a fine exhibition of simultaneous
and blindfolded chess playing.
At the start of the present ses
sion, the club was organized with
Henry Owen of Dallas as presi
dent. A chess ladder was organ
ized in the club whereby the mem
bers play a continuous tourna
ment to decide the position of each
player. The top five men form the
chess team which challenges other
schools.
The team challenged the Texas
University chess team to a match
on last Thanksgiving Day, but the
match had to be called off since
the University players were un
able to arrive in time. Recently,
the team challenged the Baylor
chess team to a match and went
to Waco to defeat them six games
to three.
At the present, the club is meet
ing in the chess room of the old
“Y” every Saturday afternoon. Ev
ery player who attends, whether
he is a national champion or an
amateur who doesn’t know a pawn
from a king, always finds a lot of
fun playing and watching some
good games and enjoys some “sup
er bull sessions.” Henry Owen
has cordially invited any person
regardless of whether he plays
chess or not to come out and join
the fun.
Liberty County, Ento
Clubs Sponsor Picture
The benefit show Thursday at
the Campus Theater will be spon
sored by the Entomology club and
the Liberty County club. The pic
ture will be “Rose of Washington
Square” with Alice Faye, Don
Ameche and A1 Jolson playing the
leading roles.
in
“Strike Up The Band”
News - - Cartoon - - Comedy
Coming Thursday and Friday
Wallace Beery — Marjorie Main
in
“WYOMING”
Chili - Fritos
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